Hydro-Power Master Plan

A study on all perennial rivers has been performed. The aim of the study was to identify and estimate cost and production for all potential hydro power projects in the Lower Kunene, Kavango and Lower Orange rivers. The table below show all possible projects. The development price in this table assumes that Epupa has already been developed. This is because all later projects will benefit from infrastructure from the Epupa project.


Project name  Power
[MW]
Production
[GWh]
Cost
[Million N$]
Unit cost
[Nc/kWh]
Ondurusu  58  225  663  33
Zebra  30  115  498  47
Epupa  340  1724  3574  24
Baynes  225  1120  1656  18
Marien  230  1170  2252  23
Hartman  125  630  1232  23
Hombolo  170  855  1598  22
Mcha  80  410  911  26
Divundu A  19  150  297  23
Onseep B 29  151  334  26
Vioolsdrift  44  227  673  33
Aussenkehr  30  155  332  25

The following graph show all potential and existing energy production in the three perennial rivers sorted by the per unit cost. In this figure the Ruacana hydropower station is included, and Epupa is assumed already constructed. As can be deducted from the table and the figure, 5.500 GWh out of a potential of approx. 7.000 GWh can be constructed at a price below 25Ncent/kWh.

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